Winehouse is left crawling on all fours and begging for drinks

Daily Mail 15th January 2009

It's a matter of days since Amy Winehouse was boasting of her new healthy-living regime after meeting a clean-cut young rugby player on holiday in the Caribbean.

Unfortunately for her, 21-year-old Josh Bowman has now returned to England.

And Miss Winehouse has not taken long to revert to her shambolic lifestyle.

She drank so much one night this week that hotel staff refused to serve her any more alcohol.


Sorry state: Fellow guests said Miss Winehouse crawled up to their tables and took their drinks

But determined to carry on boozing, she crawled around the restaurant on all fours and apparently tried to take drinks from under diners' noses.

The troubled 25-year-old singer, who is battling her addiction to drugs, is said then to have begged other holidaymakers to buy her wine which she could take back to her room.

Guests at the £200-a-night Le Sport Spa resort on St Lucia are said to be exasperated at the behaviour of Miss Winehouse, who has been seen wandering around in her bra or even topless.

She has held all-night singing sessions on her balcony with friends, some of whom she has paid to fly out from London, and threw a glass of water over a 27-year-old woman on her honeymoon, whom she accused of giving her 'bad looks'.


The singer appears to have more than a few empty glasses in front of her as she enjoys her extended Caribbean vacation

A number of guests are said to have asked for a transfer to a different resort.

The good news for those who remain is that Miss Winehouse is moving to a private villa after four weeks on the island.

The bad news is that it is near the resort - and she has decided to extend her holiday by another fortnight.

It has even been suggested that she is considering buying a £3million-property, complete with a recording studio, in the Sugar Beach area of the island.

The singer's 57-year-old father Mitch has now flown out to keep an eye on his wayward daughter and her friends.

After meeting Mr Bowman, Miss Winehouse announced that she was off drugs for good.

'Before I came out here I looked at a photo of myself in the newspaper and was horrified,' she said recently.

'My skin was a spotty mess and I was so pale and skinny. I thought to myself, "Girl, you got to sort yourself out or you'll be dead soon".

'I was depressed, doing drugs and had no life in me at all. Coming here has changed everything. Home is hell for me. I've escaped from it. The drugs are everywhere.

'But I feel so calm and peaceful and for the first time I can definitely say I am off the drugs. I haven't touched anything since I arrived and I feel the best I have in years.'

A fellow guest, however, said: 'A lot of the people who have come to stay here are upset because she is loud and vulgar. Guests are paying a lot of money.

'But many of them are asking to be transferred to a different resort because they have had enough. They can't take it any longer. It has ruined some people's holiday.'

A spokesman for the singer said: 'Amy was not stealing drinks off people's tables. She could have been doing anything in those pictures.

'She is moving out of the hotel and into a private villa nearby. She wants a bit more privacy.

'Her dad arrived today and she has decided to stay out there for two more weeks. She is just on holiday and enjoying herself.'